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CarsConsider change to winter tires
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(NC)—When it comes to tires, Canadian motorists are advised to remember the famed nickname given to our fair country – the Great White North. Canadians still on the fence just about beginning winter tires should cognize that unpredictable and cold weather can create dangerous drive conditions that can catch even as the most fully fledged drivers off guard.
"Your tires are the only part of the vehicle that really do contact with the road and, therefore, are an essential security feature," says Ron Margadonna, Michelin's Product Marketing Manager. "Only winter tires can provide superior security and control during the ever-changing winter weather road conditions involving ice, snow and slush."
Despite the proposal
from tire experts and drive associations, Canadians tend not to think just about winter tires until the snow has fallen. In fact, according to a Michelin survey conducted in 2002, only 40 per cent of Canadians who drive traveller
cars, light trucks, mini-vans and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) considered beginning winter tires last year.
"What's astonishing just about the research is that motorists in Canadian cities wherever
winter conditions can be the most extreme appeared less likely to install winter tires than motorists in much temperate areas," explains Margadonna. "For instance, patch it's no surprise that 87 per cent of Quebec City residents considered beginning winter tires, the number drops to 27 per cent in Winnipeg and
37 per cent in Edmonton. Even as much surprising, 36 per cent of Vancouver's coastal city residents considered beginning winter tires – in a city that is generally much temperate."
Since the beginning of all-season tires, many a drivers definite
not to use winter tires, which were knobby, noisy, unattractive and specifically designed for drive in the snow. Also, drivers were not satisfied with the tread life, comfort and control or performance of winter tires during some
wet and dry conditions.
New technology led to the re-birth of winter tires, like the Michelin Alpin winter tire line, which is especially designed to offer a longer tire life and a better traction in rain and wet conditions. It was as well designed to offer improved traction and security in the snow, ice and slush, patch handling well with the comfort and control of high performance tires.
So, before the snow starts falling in your part of the Great White North, find out much just about winter tires. Deed a grasp of the new winter tire technology wish help you maintain your grip on an icy road.
- News North american nation
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